In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
From the album: Tattoo You
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2

Souvenir
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3

Eisbär
Grauzone
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police
From the album: Ghost in the Machine
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
6

Love Action (I Believe in Love)
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
7 Up by 1

Private Eyes
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Private Eyes
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 1

Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's
From the album: Beauty And The Beat
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 1

Open Your Heart
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 1

Twilight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11 Down by 4

Super Freak
Rick James
From the album: Street Songs
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 2

Happy Birthday
Altered Images
From the album: Happy Birthday
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13

Working in the Coal Mine
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists, Heavy Metal (Original Soundtrack)
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
14 Up by 5

Trouble
Lindsey Buckingham
From the album: Law and Order
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 3

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
16 Down by 1

One Step Ahead
Split Enz
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
17 Down by 1

Pretty In Pink
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: Talk Talk Talk
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
18 Down by 1

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
19 Down by 1

Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode
From the album: Speak & Spell
Peak
15
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 11

Beautiful World
Devo
From the album: New Traditionalists
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 5

Joan of Arc
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Architecture & Morality
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Down by 2

Lawnchairs
Our Daughter's Wedding
From the album: Digital Cowboy
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
23

No Reply at All
Genesis
From the album: Abacab
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 1

Burnin' for You
Blue Öyster Cult
From the album: Fire of Unknown Origin
Peak
24
Weeks
10
Number
25 Down by 1

In the Dark
Billy Squier
From the album: Don't Say No
Peak
24
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 2

Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
27 Up by 5

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
Fun Boy Three
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 6

Quiet Life
Japan
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 8

Careless Memories
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
30

Lunatic Fringe
Red Rider
From the album: As Far as Siam
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
31 Down by 4

Breaking Away
Balance
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
32 Down by 3

Passionate Friend
The Teardrop Explodes
From the album: Wilder
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
33

The Voice
Ultravox
From the album: Rage in Eden
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 4

Controversy
Prince
From the album: Controversy
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 1

Revenge
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

Under Pressure
Queen & David Bowie
From the album: Hot Space
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Up by 3

Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Shake it Up
The Cars
From the album: Shake It Up
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Destroyer
The Kinks
From the album: Give the People What They Want
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Debut

Wrack My Brain
Ringo Starr
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

The Sound of the Crowd
The Human League
From the album: Dare!
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
35 Dropout

Ghost Town
The Specials
From the album: More Specials
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
37 Dropout

Belinda
Eurythmics
From the album: In the Garden
Peak
23
Weeks
11

A chart by

Date

November 28, 1981

Songs

40

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1 1 The Rolling Stones – “Start Me Up” 1(×2) 14

2 2 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Souvenir” 1(×8) 14

3 3 Grauzone – “Eisbär” 3 9

4 4 The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” 4 8

5 5 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 2 19

6 6 The Human League – “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” 1(×4) 17

8 7 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Private Eyes” 7 11

9 8 Go-Go's – “Our Lips Are Sealed” 8 8

10 9 The Human League – “Open Your Heart” 9 6

11 10 Electric Light Orchestra – “Twilight” 10 4

7 11 Rick James – “Super Freak” 7 13

14 12 Altered Images – “Happy Birthday” 12 7

13 13 Devo – “Working in the Coal Mine” 11 12

19 14 Lindsey Buckingham – “Trouble” 14 5

12 15 Foreigner – “Urgent” 4 20

15 16 Split Enz – “One Step Ahead” 3 24

16 17 The Psychedelic Furs – “Pretty In Pink” 4 21

17 18 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 17 11

18 19 Depeche Mode – “Just Can't Get Enough” 15 10

31 20 Devo – “Beautiful World” 20 3

26 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Joan of Arc” 21 4

20 22 Our Daughter's Wedding – “Lawnchairs” 9 18

23 23 Genesis – “No Reply at All” 23 5

25 24 Blue Öyster Cult – “Burnin' for You” 24 10

24 25 Billy Squier – “In the Dark” 24 8

28 26 The Cure – “Charlotte Sometimes” 26 7

32 27 Fun Boy Three – “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” 27 3

22 28 Japan – “Quiet Life” 19 9

21 29 Duran Duran – “Careless Memories” 7 20

30 30 Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe” 30 12

27 31 Balance – “Breaking Away” 10 16

29 32 The Teardrop Explodes – “Passionate Friend” 26 12

33 33 Ultravox – “The Voice” 33 4

38 34 Prince – “Controversy” 34 2

36 35 Eurythmics – “Revenge” 35 2

NE 36 Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure” 36 1

40 37 Kim Carnes – “Mistaken Identity” 37 2

NE 38 The Cars – “Shake it Up” 38 1

39 39 The Kinks – “Destroyer” 39 3

NE 40 Ringo Starr – “Wrack My Brain” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

34 -- The Human League – “The Sound of the Crowd” 1(×2) 30

35 -- The Specials – “Ghost Town” 4 22

37 -- Eurythmics – “Belinda” 23 11

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